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The flag is a banner of arms (ratio 1:1).
Source:
https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/
Coat of Arms:
Shield parted per pale of Gules and Or, on a chevron between
three roses two pears all counterchanged with the roses barbed and seeded
proper, i.e. Vert and Or.
Motto on white scroll beneath: “HUMANI NIL ALIENUS”
suggests a global outlook “Nothing human is alien.”
Meaning:
The college
was founded in 1965. The arms echo those of Sir Isaac Wolfson, the founder. The
red roses represent Lancaster, where he was from. The pears represent the fruit
of labour
Source: John P. Brooke-Little: Oxford University and
its Colleges, Oxford 1962(?), available online at
https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/oxford-university-and-its-colleges/
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfson_College,_Oxford
Klaus-Michael
Schneider, 12 February 2019
Current
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 March 2019
Blade is yellow with a red
stripe.
Source: (for current versions):
https://www.reddit.com
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 March 2019